The Spoon Podcast
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The Future of Kitchen Appliances with Chris Young and Tom Klaff
The Future of Kitchen Appliances with Chris Young and Tom Klaff
About this podcast
A podcast about foodtech and the future of food brought to you by The Spoon. Formerly known as the SmartKitchen Show.
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- The Future of Kitchen Appliances with Chris Young and Tom Klaff · 52 minWas the smart kitchen a bad idea, or was it just too early? In this episode, recorded at Smart Kitchen Summit 2026, Michael Wolf talks with Chris Young, founder of Combustion and…
- How One Japanese Entrepreneur Built a Food Business in America · 25 minIn this episode of The Spoon Podcast, Mike talks with Yuta Katsuyama, co-founder of Chicago-based Onigiri Kororin, about his journey from Japan to building an onigiri business in…
- Building an AI from Scratch for Taste and Smell · 39 minIn this episode, Mike sits down with Kai Schaeffner and Andreas Nicklas, who have been spending the last couple of years building an AI to better understand and predict…
- Reimagining The Future of Farming With Neal Carter · 40 minIn this episode of The Spoon Podcast, Mike talks with Neal Carter, founder and CEO of Okanagan Specialty Fruits, about buying back the company he and his wife Louisa founded…
- The Rise and Fall of Brava · 44 minThis week's guest is former Brava executive Travis Rea, who reflects on building one of the more interesting kitchen startups over the past decade. Rea shares the story behind…
- Can Fermentation Help Save Coffee & Cocoa? · 20 minIn this episode of The Spoon Podcast, Michael Wolf talks with Jake Berber, the cofounder and CEO of Prefer, a Singapore-based startup that uses fermentation to create coffee and…
- Creating the Open AI of Food Robotics With Rajat Bhageria · 49 minIn this episode of The Spoon Podcast, Mike sits down with Chef Robotics CEO Rajat Bhageria to unpack how the company quietly went from years in stealth to assembling more than…
- Is Brain Health Optimization The Next Big Wave in Wellness? · 25 minIn this episode of The Spoon Podcast, Mike catches up with Mo Abouelsoud, CEO of U The Mind Company, about the emerging intersection of brain health, wellness, and consumer…
- Is AI an Enemy or Ally for Recipe Creators? · 27 minIn this episode of The Spoon Podcast, Mike catches up with Will Templeton, co-founder and CTO of Allspice, about how the traditional recipe blog model, laden with ads, pop-ups…
- Talking About Nature's Trickster Protein With Ali Wing · 34 minIn this episode of The Spoon Podcast, Mike catches up with Oobli CEO Ali Wing to discuss what Wing calls "nature's trickster protein", the sweet proteins they develop for…
- Where Are Grocery Stores With AI Adoption in 2026? · 30 minMike is joined by Matthew Schwarz, CEO of Afresh, who discusses the company’s expansion from fresh produce to an all-in-one AI solution for the entire grocery store. Matt…
- Why The Future of Food Testing May Be in Your Brainwaves · 46 minIn this episode of The Spoon Podcast, Michael Wolf talks with Mario Ubiali, founder and CEO of neuroscience company THIMUS, about how brainwave data and AI could reshape how food…
- Are Home Kitchen Marketplaces the Future or a Risk to Consumers? · 42 minIn this episode, Mike sits down with friend, food systems thinker and The Food Corridor founder Ashley Colpaart to talk about the rise of Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations…
- From Wallaby Milk to AI: Nora Khaldi on Decoding Nature’s Molecular Code · 40 minIn this episode, Mike sits down with Dr. Nora Khaldi, founder and CEO of Nuritas, to explore how a postdoctoral epiphany about wallaby milk led her to build one of the first…
- So You Wanna Know When You're Going to Die? Download This App · 22 minIn this conversation, Mike interviews Brent Franson, CEO of Death Clock, a company that uses AI to predict when you're going to die (aka life expectancy) based on health data…
- What Should Impossible Foods Do Now? · 34 minIn this episode, Mike sits down with Rachel Konrad, former head of communications at Impossible Foods and now a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, to talk about…
- Writing The Cookbook for Cultivated Meat With Alex Shirazi · 24 minIn this episode, Mike sits down with Alex Shirazi, a food technologist, conference organizer, and longtime observer of the cultivated meat industry, to talk about his latest…
- Restoring Fiber's Lost Signal in Modern Food · 37 minMichael Wolf sits down with Matt Barnard and Matt Amicucci, PhD, the cofounders behind one.bio and its newly launched consumer brand GoodVice, to discuss why they believe the…
- Chef vs Robot: A Conversation at CES about Who Will Cook Our Food in the Future · 41 minAt CES 2026, the future of cooking took center stage in a conversation about whether robots will replace chefs or simply become their collaborators. The Spoon Podcast host…
- How AI is Changing Agriculture · 1 h 4 minIn this episode, Mike is joined by Tim Beissinger (CTO of Heritable) and Charlie Andersen (CEO of Burro) to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping agriculture. The…
